Improvement in feed-trough guards



EDWIN IOVENDEN, or' BUsI-INELL, ILLINoI's.

Letters Patent No. 111,122, dated January 24, 18 71.

IMPROVEMENT IN FEED-TROUGH GUARDS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters ZPatent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern: 0 v

Be it known that I, EDWIN HOVENDEN, of Bushnell, in the county of Maedonongli and in the' State of lllinois, have invented a Feeding-trough -Guard or Cover for Hogs, Cattle, the, and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip.-

. tion thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part ot' this specification, in which like letters of reference refer to like parts, and iiHrhieh- -Figure l represents a perspective View.

Figure 2,11. longitudinal elevation.

Figure .3, a plan.

Figure 4, end eleyatioin l This device is composed of short boards, B B, rbc., placed endwise and diagonally across aVfeeding-trongh for hogs, cattle, Ste., and joined at -their ends Aor to a standard, i) I), 85e., alternately on Opposite sides ofthe trough, so as to forni an `opening between them for the heads of the feeding animals alternately on either side of the same without loss of room. The whole Vforms a zigzag arrangement o`t`partitions.

A represents theeeding-trough.

B B B,'&e., the partitions of the guard, which may he made of any height, and runnin g across the trough, and fastened at the edge of the latter to an upright piece, b b, &c., which is fastened in turn to horizontal strips, a o., Jvc., on each side of the trough if the guard.

is intended to be movable.

The uprights b b, &c., are not placed opposite to each other, butin the manner shown iu the plan, iig. 3.

The partitions B ,&c., may be construct-ed and placed in other positions across the trough, for in-v stance, at light angles across the latter, and the alternate openings onfcach side boarded up; but the zigzag arrangement is the best.

It' the guard is intended or wanted to be a fixture to the trough the nprights 11 vb, &c., can, be nailed to the sides ot' the former.

By the plan shown in the drawing the pieces a a', Sie., running the whole length of the trough, and to which thc uprghts l b, &c., are fastened, nforni the frame of the same, by means of which the guard is held to itsposition when applied to the feedingtrough, and allowing the same to be quickly removed` from the trough for the purpose of cleaning the latter.

C C are two sloping boards, running the whole length ot' the guard, their lower inner edges resting near the outer ends of the divisions and on the partitions, and at such a distance asunder thatlthey will convey slop -or feed to the center of the trough through the partit-ions.- For this purpose the boards iiaref outward, as shown in fig. 4. These boards C C are not important, and may be added or omitted, as desired,"in the construction and useof the gnard. l

The operation of this device needs little `or no explanation.

The openings allow but one animal at a time to put its head into the trough, which openings are made of such asize as to prevent the animal from introducing his feety therein; neither can Vhogs rnn over the trough or along it, as they do when no'guard is used, the partitions prevent-ing this habit. NVhcn it is desired to clean the trough the guard can be removed, as the pieces a a, die., merely embrace each side ot' the trough.

Vhat Ielaim as my invention is- 4 1. The zigzag partitions B B, Ste., or' equivalent divisional pieces forming alternate feed-openings ou either side of a feed-trough, as a hog or cattle guard, substantially as and i'or the purposes described.

2. The combination of the partitions B B, or equivaient arrangement of divisions, with the uprights b b b, &e., and the slop-boards O G, all substantially as described, and forthe purposes set forth.

In testimony that I' claim the foregoing feedingtrough guard I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of November, 1870.

EDWIN HOVENDEN;

\Vitnesses HENRY W. WELLS, THOMAS TAYLOR. 

